SEND first class: How groundbreaking partnership are rethinking SEND support The Sutton Life Centre is one of several partnerships between colleges and external partners, where SEND learners are prepared not only to access education, but to build a future beyond it
FE and skills must be at the heart of curriculum reforms A coherent tertiary system requires FE to be a partner, not a passenger. To close attainment gaps and respond to technological change, the FE sector must be central to curriculum design, assessment reform and the future workforce strategy
We need to stop leaving life skills to chance Unless financial and enterprise skills become core, not optional post-16, the gap between education and employment will keep widening
Troubled Burnley College appoints new principal Karen Buchanan’s successor has been revealed amid a government investigation into achievement rates
OfS to reduce dual-regulation burden on colleges But full registration conditions will still apply to colleges with degree-awarding powers
DfE’s £20m spike cash helps buy 9,000 student places With student numbers climbing sharply, colleges in northern England are using emergency cash to buy new buildings and convert classrooms to workshops
The politics behind the King of the North’s MBacc mission Andy Burnham is grabbing headlines with his ambition for the MBacc technical education programme. But take-up has been slower than hoped and the mayor has been accused of overreach while sidelining the needs of adult education
Our commission will use engagement as lead indicator for FE outcomes Colleges chase attendance data and retention rates long after learners have switched off, or staff have burned out. Our new national commission is asking whether early engagement insight could be the missing piece in improving both outcomes and wellbeing
The quiet power of FE, where second chances spark social change In South Devon our new social and community practice degree is training graduates to prevent harm, not just respond to it